Order of Finish:

1. Smalltown Fastpitch – Riverside – 4-0

2. Cheboygan Merchants – Cheboygan – 3-2

3. Flynn’s Excavating – Petoskey – 3-2

4. Priority Mortgage – Grand Rapids – 2-2

5. BASES – Charlevoix – 1-2

5. Hadeed Dentistry – Ludington – 1-2

7. Quizno’s (EJIW team) – Petoskey – 0-2

7. BC Pizza – Petoskey – 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Browning Chabot, Smalltown (4 W’s, 0 L’s, 21 IP, 5 R’s, 12 H’s, 22 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Lance Northstine, Smalltown (.571 avg)

Outstanding Player – Ben Schley, Cheboygan (.545 avg)

Outstanding Player – Mike Barber, Cheboygan (.500 avg)

Tournament Director Notes: During the championship game, Smalltown pitcher, Browning Chabot, was perfect through 3 innings until leading off the 4th inning with a 3-2 count base on balls to Dave Wright from the Cheboygan Merchants, always known to be a tough out. With two outs in the same inning, Ben Schley broke up the no-hitter with an RBI double just inside the foul line beyond first base to bring in Wright. Mike Barber led off the 5th inning for Cheboygan with a single. Lance Northstine had an outstanding game at the plate for Smalltown going 3 for 3 with a double and locking in the top tournament honors for outstanding hitter with a .571 average for the weekend.

Smalltown Fastpitch has a nice core of young players. Browning Chabot is a young pitcher who throws very well with a nice nucleus of young players and some veteran players to help guide them along. Manager, Fred Chabot (long-time first baseman for Eagle Products & Plangger’s Furniture that visited invitational tournaments in Petoskey for many years) is the father of Browning and Bent Chabot who are both solid players on this team, can be proud of this group’s progress. This team has been playing class D for the past three years with state finals finishes in 5th place in 2008, 9th place in 2007 and 5th place in 2006. I’d look for them to finish in the top three this year in class D and make the jump to class C in the near future. (2010 note - they won class D state finals.)

This was Smalltown’s first visit to Petoskey and unfortunately, the weather was cold and damp as we had rain during the first game Friday night with no stoppage in play, and then a cold drizzle during the evening games Saturday, once again playing through until midnight. Sunday morning games were played in bitter cold temperatures in the mid to upper 40’s with the frigid breeze coming in off the bay. Hopefully all of the team's next visit will leave a nicer impression of our accommodations on the bay.

Game Results:

Game 1:  Cheboygan Merchants – 10 (11 hits) over BC Pizza – 9 (14 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Mike Barber (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Nick McIntosh (3 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Francis Hiar (4 2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Tom Tryban had 4 hits with a homerun, David Wright had 2 hits with a triple, Mark Schley, Adam Grote and Randy Wheelock each had doubles, singles by Mike Barber and Matt Skiera.

BC Pizza – Tim Pennell had 4 hits with a homerun and two doubles, Cole Kruzell had 2 hits with a triple, Kory Ciesielski had two triples, Nick McIntosh had 2 hits, singles by Scott Cischke, Bill Brilley, Toby Jones and Keith Young.

Game 2: BASES – 11 (12 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 7 (10 hits)

WP – Doyle Dustin (0 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ben PieBenga (4 IP, 8 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 5 BB’s) with relief from Darrin VanderArk (3 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 1 BB)

BASES – Brian Loper had 3 hits, Steve Speigl, Aaron Wiers and Ben Speigl each had 2 hits, Bill Alward homered, Brad Hasse and Matt Zulski singled.

Priority – Rick Venneman had three hits with a double, K.C. Place had 2 hits with a double, Darrin VanderArk had 2 hits, Jeff VanNoord doubled, singles by Nate Tap and Jeff Mariner.

Game 3:  Smalltown Fastpitch – 3 (12 hits) over Flynn’s Excavating – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Browning Chabot (8 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Steve Hamlin (7 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Smalltown – Jeff Weaver had 3 hits with a homerun, Lance Northstine had 2 hits with a homerun, two hits each by Robby Prenkert and Logan Woodruff, double by Heath Craven and singles by Aaron Davis and Brent Chabot.

Flynn’s – Jared Clark tripled, singles by Scott Lepird and Jared Clark.

Game 4: Hadeed Dentistry – 7 (5 hits) over Quizno’s – 6 (9 hits) in 10 innings

WP – Greg Dilliner (12 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Corey Essenberg (9 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Hadeed – Brian Pleiness tripled, Chad Pleiness doubled, singles by Jim Virden, Dan Boes and Jim Klug.

Quizno’s – Josh Bush had 3 hits with a homerun, Corey Essenberg and Tyler Spence each had 2 hits, singles by Bobby Nichols and Dave Cochran.

Game 5: Priority Mortgage – 9 (9 hits) over BC Pizza – 5 (6 hits)

WP – Darrin VanderArk (2 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Francis Hiar (5 IP, 7 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) with relief from Clair Waterson (1 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Priority – Matt Barr had 3 hits, Rick Veneman had 2 hits, Jeff VanNoord homered, singles by Nate Tap, Ben Piebenga and K.C. Place.

BC Pizza – Dan Plichta tripled, Tim Pennell doubled, singles by Kory Ciesielski, Scott Cischke, Bill Brilley and Eric Fettig.

Game 6: Flynn’s Excavating – 6 (6 hits) over Quizno’s – 5 (9 hits)

WP – Steve Hamlin (3 K’s, 1 BB’s), LP – Nick Karazewski (2 1/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Corey Essenberg (3 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 7 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Flynn’s – Rick Klungle had 2 hits with a homerun, Joel Dohm homered, singles by Jared Dohm, Jamie Barkley and Scott Lepird.

Quizno’s – Bobby Nichols had 3 hits with a triple, Dutch Essenberg had 2 hits with a homerun, Josh Bush and Eli Urman each had doubles, singles by Corey Essenberg, Dave Cochran and Tom Scott.

Game 7: Cheboygan Merchants – 5 (9 hits) over BASES – 0 (5 hits)

WP – Mike Barber (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Doyle Dustin (3 1/3 IP, 5 R’s, 8 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Mike Loper (2 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

Cheboygan – Mike Barber had 3 hits, Eric Gildner had a double, singles by Jason McGovern, Dave Wright, Jamie Wheelock, Ben Schley and Aaron Ormsbee.

BASES – Brian Loper had 2 hits, singles by Matt Zulski, Aaron Wiers and Bill Alward.

Game 8: Smalltown Fastpitch – 8 (9 hits) over Hadeed Dentistry – 5 (4 hits)

WP – Heath Davis (3 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Browning Chabot (Save, 4 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Greg Dilliner (7 IP, 9 R’s, 8 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Smalltown – Robby Prenkert had 2 hits, Lance Northstine homered, singles by Jeff Weaver, Aaron Davis, Logan Woodruff and Heath Craven.

Hadeed – Jim Virden homered, Dan Boes doubled and singles by Kirk Caithamer and Jim Klug.

Game 9: Flynn’s Excavating – 13 (15 hits) over BASES – 5 (10 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Steve Hamlin (1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Mike Loper (2 1/3 IP, 9 R’s, 6 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Doyle Dustin (1 IP, 2 R’s, 5 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) and Scott Kelly (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Flynn’s – Jamie Barkley and Jason Peters each had 3 hits, Rick Klungle had 2 hits with a homerun, two hits each by Jared Clark, Joel Dohm and Jared Dohm, Jared Lechowicz singled.

BASES – Aaron Wiers had 3 doubles, Scott Kelly had 2 hits, Brian Loper homered, singles by Steve Speigl, Bill Alward, Brad Hasse and Matt Zulski.

Game 10: Priority Mortgage – 10 (9 hits) over Hadeed Dentistry – 7 (9 hits)

WP – Ben Piebenga (4 IP, 7 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) with relief from Darrin VanderArk (Save, 3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Greg Dilliner (5 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 9 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with middle relief from Fritz Petersen (1 2/3 IP, 4 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 2 BB’s)

Priority – Matt Barr had 3 hits with a grand slam homerun, Nate Tap had 2 hits, singles by Rick Venneman, Darrin VanderArk, Ben Piebenga and Jeff Mariner.

Hadeed – Kirk Caithamer had 3 hits, Jim Virden and Jim Klug each had 2 hits, Dan Boes and Carl Lindenau had singles.

Game 11 (Winner Bracket Final): Smalltown Fastpitch – 11 ( 11 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 3 (6 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Browning Chabot (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jamie Wheelock (1 K, 2 BB’s)

Smalltown – 2 hits each by Nate Clark, Lance Northstine and Browning Chabot, singles by Robby Prenkert, Jeff Weaver, Aaron Davis, Brent Chabot and Heath Craven

Cheboygan – Randy Wheelock doubled, singles by Eric Gildner, Jamie Wheelock, Mike Barber, Aaron Ormsbee and Matt Skiera.

Game 12: Flynn’s Excavating – 7 (9 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (6 hits)

WP – Steve Hamlin (4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Ben Piebenga (0 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Flynn’s – Joel Dohm had a homerun and double, two hits each by Rick Klungle, Scott Lepird and Jason Peters as Jordan Lechowicz singled.

Priority – Jeff VanNoord doubled and singled, Brent Barr had 2 hits, Matt Barr and Ben Piebenga each singled.

Game 13: Cheboygan Merchants – 11 (17 hits) over Flynn’s Excavating – 5 (8 hits)

WP – Mike Barber (4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Steve Hamlin (1 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Ben Schley had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Mark Schley had 3 hits with a homerun, David Wright and Randy Wheelock each had 3 hits, singles by Jamie Wheelock, Mike Barber, Erick Gildner, Adam Groat and Jason McGovern.

Flynn’s – Dave Woods had 2 hits with a homerun, Jason Peters homered, singles by Jared Dohm, Joel Dohm, Jamie Barkley, Rick Klungle and Jordan Lechowicz.

Game 14: Smalltown Fastpitch – 8 (8 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Browning Chabot (1 K, 1 BB), LP – Mike Barber (1 1/3 IP, 8 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) with relief from Jamie Wheelock (3 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Smalltown – Lance Northstine had 3 hits with a double, Robby Prenkert had 2 hits with a homerun and double, Nate Clark doubled, Aaron Davis and Brent Chabot singled.

Cheboygan – Ben Schley had an RBI double, Mike Barber singled.